This listing is courtesy of Wikipedia.
Region | Name |
Arab countries | widely known as كرة قدم (Korah Fatel) in Arabic, which means “rolling football.” It is also called بيبي فوت (baby-foot) in some Arabic regions, including Palestine and Jordan. |
Argentina | metegol |
Australia | Foosball or Table football |
Austria | Wuzler (also spelled Wuzzler), playing table football is called wuzeln |
Belgium | Tafelvoetbal/Kicker (after the brand of foosball tables) |
Bolivia | Futbolín |
Brazil | Pebolim or totó |
Bulgaria | Футбол на маса (“table football”), also джаги |
Canada | usually foosball, but often referred to as jitz which initiated from the Italian word “gitoni” which means foosball or table soccer. People called it gitz for short and spelled it “jitz” for elegance. In the province of Quebec, it is known as baby-foot. |
Chile | Taca-Taca |
China | 桌上足球 (table football) |
Costa Rica | Futbolín |
Croatia | Stolni nogomet |
Czech Republic | fotbálek, regionally (mostly in Moravia) also kalčo (from “kalit” a slang for “to play”) |
Denmark | Bordfodbold (lit. “table football”) |
Estonia | Lauajalgpall |
France | Baby-foot or Babyfoot |
Germany | Table football is commonly known as Tischfußball, Tischkicker, Kicker or Krökeln in German.[1] |
Greece | Ποδοσφαιράκι (“Small footbal”) |
Guatemala | futío |
Hungary | Csocsó |
Iceland | Fótboltaspil |
India | Fusball |
Iran | فوتبال دستی (handheld football) |
Ireland | Foosball or Table football |
Israel | כדורגל שולחן (table football) |
Italy | calcio balilla, bigliardino or biliardino (from “biglia”, little ball) or even calcetto (less frequent, since “calcetto” is commonly used to indicate Five-a-side football), and in particular areas fubalino |
Japan | テーブル・フットボール, loanword, pronounced teburu futtoboru |
Latvia | Galda futbols |
Lithuania | Stalo futbolas |
Malta | Ċomba |
México | futbolito |
Netherlands | Tafelvoetbal |
Other Spanish-speaking countries | In some other Spanish-speaking countries the terms fútbol de mesa or futbolito are used, although the latter might also refer to football played on a smaller field. |
Pakistan | widely known as پٹّی (patti) in Urdu, which means “pitch or strip” |
Peru | fulbito de mesa or futbolín |
Poland | piłkarzyki, which roughly translated means “small football players” |
Portugal | Matraquilhos or matrecos |
Romania | Fusbal or Fotbal de masa |
Russia | кикер or настольный футбол |
Serbia | Stoni fudbal |
Slovenia | Ročni nogomet |
Slovakia | Kalčeto |
South Africa | Tata box/Ma tata/Foosball |
Spain, Colombia and Costa Rica | futbolín (In Spanish autonomy of Galicia, where is spoken a language linked with Portuguese, it’s also called matraquiños and ferriños) |
Switzerland | Töggelichaschte |
Taiwan | 手足球(桌上足球) |
Thailand | ฟุตบอลโต๊ะ (table football) |
Turkey | Langırt |
United Kingdom | table football |
United States | foosball |
Uruguay | futbolito |
Venezuela | Futbolín |
Zimbabwe | Slug |